Global Patent Index - EP 4318147 A1

EP 4318147 A1 20240207 - I/O UNIT, MASTER UNIT, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

Title (en)

I/O UNIT, MASTER UNIT, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

Title (de)

E/A-EINHEIT, MASTER-EINHEIT UND KOMMUNIKATIONSSYSTEM

Title (fr)

UNITÉ D'ENTRÉE/SORTIE, UNITÉ MAÎTRE ET SYSTÈME DE COMMUNICATION

Publication

EP 4318147 A1 20240207 (EN)

Application

EP 22775180 A 20220311

Priority

  • JP 2021050003 A 20210324
  • JP 2022010775 W 20220311

Abstract (en)

An I/O unit (16) comprises: a preceding stage-side mainstream terminal (34) and a preceding stage-side branch terminal (36) that are connected to preceding-stage master units (12, 14); a next stage-side branch terminal (38) that is connected to the preceding-stage branch terminal (36) and connected to another I/O unit (16); a slave processing circuit (30) that is connected to the preceding stage-side branch terminal (36) and the next stage-side branch terminal (38); and a next stage-side mainstream terminal (40) connected to the preceding stage-side mainstream terminal (34) and a master unit (14) in the next stage.

IPC 8 full level

G05B 19/05 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G05B 19/042 (2013.01 - EP); G05B 19/05 (2013.01 - EP); G06F 13/362 (2013.01 - US); G05B 2219/1215 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4318147 A1 20240207; CN 117063135 A 20231114; JP WO2022202388 A1 20220929; TW 202238290 A 20221001; US 2024160591 A1 20240516; WO 2022202388 A1 20220929

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 22775180 A 20220311; CN 202280021359 A 20220311; JP 2022010775 W 20220311; JP 2023509008 A 20220311; TW 111109973 A 20220318; US 202218282297 A 20220311